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[TALENT=Keith]

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[V/O-NAT]
Campbell County authorities have little to go on ...in trying to solve last night's murder of a store owner.
We'll hear from the sheriff and a merchant who talked with Melvin Giles hours before he was killed.
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[TALENT=Keith]

And the judge has ruled on whether the hunting rights amendment remains on the ballot.

[Sports-Head]

In sports, The Hokies and Cavaliers prepare for big conference games this weekend the Yankees win the World Series.
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[VO-NAT]

And the Ultimate fighter will be in Lynchburg this weekend showcasing his fighting skills.
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[WX-Head]
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A few isolated showers to our west... but for the rest of us it will remain dry even though we could use a little rain...I'll have a cooler forecast coming up..

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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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((ELSON ALMONY/NEIGHBOR: YEAH, IT MAKES ME ANGRY THAT SOMEBODY WOULD HURT THAT OLD MAN OVER A FEW DOLLARS..))
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[OUT Q=a few dollars.]
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[VO-NAT]

He ran a popular Campbell County convenience store for thirty years.. but last night 75- year- old Melvin Giles died at the hands of a would- be robber.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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Good evening, I'm Keith Humphry.

[Campbell-Murder]

A team of investigators from across central Virginia is now searching for suspects in the murder of Melvin Giles last night.
But so far, police have few leads to go on.
Steve Smallshaw reports.
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(( Melvin Giles' wife was the only one to hear the gunshot that took her husband's life last night, but its echo has reverberated across this tightknit community.
Giles was shot and killed during an apparent robbery attempt at the Route 460 convenience store he and his wife Ann have operated for three decades.
Elson Almony owns a body shop directly across the street from the Giles' store..
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((ELSON ALMONY/NEIGHBOR: IT BOTHERS ME BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SO CLOSE AND EVERYTHING AND HE WAS SUCH A NICE PERSON. YESTERDAY MORNING HE WAS OVER HERE, I WAS TALKING TO HIM YESTERDAY MORNING AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE.. IT'S AWFUL.))
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Police say Giles was about to close his store around nine when the suspect entered.
Giles routinely cashed paychecks for Lynchburg Foundry employees on Thursday, and police believe his killer may have known that.
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((ROBERT MAXEY/CAMPBELL CO. SHERIFF: WE DO HAVE, AS I SAY, ONE OR TWO SPECIFIC LEADS WE'RE CHECKING ON THIS MORNING AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING SOME MORE ROUTINE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DO IN ANY CRIME LIKE THIS.))
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But investigators have been hampered by the lack of a good physical description of the suspect.
The store did not have a video surveillance camera.. and Ann Giles was in the rear of the store when the shooting occurred.
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((ALMONY: SHE SAID SHE HEARD A BIG NOISE AND SHE LOOKED OUT AND SEEN HIM FALL. SHE WAS IN THE BACK COOLER AND JUST STAYED IN THERE UNTIL THE PERSON LEFT. SHE SAID SHE SAW SOMEONE RUN OUT THE FRONT DOOR BUT I DON'T THINK SHE GOT A GOOD LOOK AT HIM.))
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Anyone with information about the crime should call the Campbell County sheriff's office.
Steve Smallshaw, News7.))

[Bus-Crash]

40 children have been injured in a school bus crash near Chilhowie in Smyth County.
State troopers say the bus collided with a passenger vehicle sometime after 3 this afternoon.
Seven to 10 of the children were seriously injured and were flown to Bristol Regional Medical Center.
The rest of the students were taken to Smyth County Community Hospital.
Early reports say the students are elementary-school-age, but police can't confirm which school the students are from.

[Hunting-Rights]

A proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing Virginians the right to hunt, fish and trap game will be on the ballot next month.
Animal rights activists say the ballot question isn't clear.
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But today a Richmond judge denied a request from The Fund for Animals and the Humane Society of America to not count the votes and declare the results.
The judge said the request had no merit.
Activists claim the amendment would take away the right of smaller communities to regulate firearms.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
[SS=Campaign 2000]

The latest News 7 Mason Dixon Poll shows a large number of voters approve of the amendment.
47-percent of the voters polled said if the election were held today, they would vote yes.
33-percent said they'd vote no but 18 percent were undecided.

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The same poll shows Southwest Virginian voters favor Republican George Bush, who's also the presidential leader statewide.
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((KEITH HUMPHRY/NEWS7: STATEWIDE, THE MASON DIXON POLL SHOWS 48 PERCENT WANT BUSH TO WIN, COMPARED TO 41 PERCENT WHO SUPPORT GORE. 47 PERCENT OF ROANOKE AREA VOTERS PREFER BUSH OVER VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE. IN THE LYNCHBURG AND SOUTHSIDE AREA, 52-PERCENT BACK BUSH. GORE IS POPULAR AMONG WOMEN, PULLING IN 45 PERCENT OF THE VOTE, AND ALSO AMONG BLACK VOTERS WITH 85 PERCENT OF THEIR SUPPORT. BUSH TAKES 53-PERCENT OF THE MALE VOTE AS WELL AS 57-PERCENT OF THE WHITE VOTE.))
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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And 65 percent of Virginia voters say they will approve the first ballot question -- which creates a constitutional amendment to distribute lottery funds to localities for public education.

[Allen]

Senate candidate George Allen is determined to strike a moderate stance on abortion.
He describes his opponent- -incumbent Senator Chuck Robb- -as being at one extreme in the abortion debate. Allen says he's not at the opposite extreme, but with the majority in the middle.
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It's what he calls "reasonable moderation."
In Roanoke on a tour of the state with Governor Jim Gilmore, Allen said he favors letting women decide up to point... that is: BEFORE there's a detectable heart beat, measurable brain waves, sensitivity to touch or fetal thumb sucking.
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((GEORGE ALLEN/R-US SENATE CANDIDATE: MS TO ME AT THAT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT, THERE COULD BE A COMPELLING INTEREST, VERY LOGICALLY, TO PROTECT THE UNBORN CHILD. PRIOR TO THAT POINT OF DEVELOPMENT IT WOULD BE THE MOTHER'S CHOICE.))
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[V/O-NAT]
Allen did not directly respond to reporters' questions about public opinion polls that show the race has tightened up-- with women leaning more toward Robb this week. Allen still leads the race.
The former governor quoted his Democratic predecessor, Doug Wilder, saying: "the only poll that counts is the one taken on election day."
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[Wilder]

Who does Wilder support this election year?
So far, he hasn't answered that question, but tonight, the former governor is in Roanoke to hand out awards recognizing local leaders in diversity.
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Kate Weidaw is at the Hotel Roanoke where the event is taking place.
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[SUPER=01-Melinda Payne/United Way Board Member;]
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Mental health and drug abuse programs in the New River Valley could be in trouble.
Find out why next on News 7 at Six.
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[VO-NAT]

And later, we'll check out the new student center at Roanoke College.
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[Community-Services]

A New River Valley agency that oversees mental health, retardation and substance abuse programs says it's operating in the red.
Marya Jones tells us what steps New River Valley Community Services is taking to keep serving its patients, while returning itself to financial health.
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(( New River Valley Community Services works with about 4-thousand people who have problems with mental health, retardation or substance abuse.
Now, the agency is struggling to continue that work in the face of its own crisis.
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((LYNN CHENAULT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: THERE IS A SHORTFALL OF ABOUT 400,000 DOLLARS.))
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Executive director Lynn Chenault says more than half of that deficit is due to payments anticipated from Medicaid that are being denied.
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((LYNN CHENAULT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: IN TOO MANY CASES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WAITING FOR ANY SERVICES, AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEM FOR LACK OF FUNDS TO DO THAT.))
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((DENNIS CROPPER/ADULT & FAMILY SERVICES DIRECTOR: ONE OF OUR MAIN MISSIONS IS TO HELP THE INDIVIDUAL STAY IN THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN IN AN INSTITUTION. IF WE CAN'T PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THEM, THEY WILL REMAIN OR GO BACK TO A STATE HOSPITAL OR TRAINING CENTER.))
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To help the agency get back in the black, all 300 employees are being asked to take two-weeks' unpaid leave.
They're also freezing hiring at the agency's two homes and clinics in 5 localities.
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((MARYA JONES/NEWS-7: THE STATE AGENCY THAT ADMINISTERS MEDICAID SAYS THAT THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND FOR CASES THAT AREN'T EMERGENCIES. BUT NEW RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICIALS SAY THAT IF THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SITUATION TO BECOME A CRISIS, IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE FOR THEIR PATIENTS. MJN7, BLACKSBURG.))
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[Disabilities]

For a few hours today, some Wytheville residents took on the challenge of living with a disability.
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Andy Kegley (Keg-Lee) was one them.
He spent the morning confined to a wheelchair.
It was all part of an event called, "Take on the Challenge."
Since October is Disability Employment Awareness Month -- local organizations sponsored the event to increase the awareness of obstacles that people with disabilities face every day.
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((CATHY STANLEY: BY GETTING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGES THEMSELVES, THEY HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THESE PEOPLE COPE, AND WHAT SERVICES OUR AGENCY PROVIDES TO HELP THEM COPE TO OVER COME LIMITATIONS))
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[VO-NAT]

Newspaper editor Stephanie Nichols took on the challenge of giving up her right hand.
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((STEPHANIE NICHOLS: I THINK I'VE GAINED AN APPRECIATION FOR HOW HARD IT CAN BE FOR SOMEBODY TO FACE A DISABILITY BUT TO KEEP ON GOING. I HAVE A REAL ADMIRATION FOR PEOPLE WHO DO THAT))
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[VO-NAT]

This is the first year the event has been held. Organizers hope to do it again next year.
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[Church-Thefts]

Burglars have hit some churches in Roanoke this week.
But police aren't sure the break-ins are related.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Two of the burglaries were on Williamson Road.
Someone broke into the offices of Huntington Court United Methodist overnight and stole some cash.
The night before, a thrift shop run by the United Faith Ministry was hit. Some change, watches and a camera were among the items that were stolen.
And Hollins Road Baptist had a break-in last Monday.
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[Alumni-Center]

Virginia Tech's golf course will one day be home to a 16-million dollar hotel and alumni center.
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[VO-NAT]

The university plans to build a 150-room hotel and conference center near the intersection of Prices Fork Road and West Campus Drive.
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It will occupy some of the present-day golf course.
Officials say about 5 holes on the course will be moved and the rest of it enlarged and improved.
The Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center, built in the late 1960s, will become graduate student housing.
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((TOM TILLAR/VICE PRES. ALUMNI RELATIONS: AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE AND THE NEED TO ATTRACT MORE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE TO THE CAMPUS, THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF CONFERENCE GROUPS AFFILIATED WITH THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE AND WE'LL HAVE A CENTER NOW THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF THE INTERESTS THAT WOULD BE ATTRACTED.))
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[OUT Q=would be attracted.]
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[VO-NAT]

Officials hope to complete the hotel in 2004.
Big donors to the project could have the hotel and conference center named after them.
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[Campus-Center]

Roanoke College students have a new place to play.
Today the school honored the people who made it possible.
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The 12 million dollar campus activity building was named the Colket (COAL-ket) Center, in honor of the major donors...Tris and Ruth Colket of Paoli, Pennsylvania.
The dining area was named Sutton Commons, after Don Sutton...a longtime staff member who's now retired.
The building features a game room, meeting rooms, a student lounge and a snack bar.
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[Sports Tease]

And coming up in sports, The Ultimate fighter is in Lynchburg this weekend the Hokies are at home for a game against Pittsburgh.
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[VO-NAT]

And Dan Ellis returns to the Cavalier lineup as Ronald Curry and the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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[S-Tech]

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The dangerous Pittsburgh Panthers invade Lane Stadium tomorrow afternoon, and if Frank Beamer didn't have enough to worry about with the Panthers high powered offense and stingy defense,
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He and his staff now have to worry about playing the game without star wide receiver Andre Davis.
The bursitis in his left foot that forced him to miss most of the Syracuse game will keep him in street clothes tomorrow.
Davis's place as a punt returner will be taken by Ronyell Whitaker and redshirt freshman Ernest Wilford will step in at flanker and get his first career start.
Wilford won't be the only freshman in the hotseat tomorrow.
Defensive back Eric Green must defend the Big East's top receiver in Antonio Bryant.
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You can watch the Hokies play tomorrow afternoon right here on Youir Hometown Station. Coverage begins at 3, Kickoff is set for 3:30.

[S-Rivers]

VMI will try and win it's second football game of the season tomorrow but 3 and 5 Western Carolina stands in the way. The Catamounts are led by former University of Virginia quarterback David Rivers. Steve Mason caught up with him just a few minutes ago. Steve
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((STEVE MASON:ROY, WESTERN CAROLINA IS STAYING HERE AT THE ROANOKE AIRPORT HOLIDAY INN. THE LAST TIME DAVID RIVERS WAS IN OR NEAR THE STAR CITY, HE WAS GETTING READY TO PLAY VIRGINIA TECH. TOMORROW , YOU FACE VMI. TALK ABOUT YOUR TRANSITION FROM 1-A FOOTBALL TO 1 DOUBLE AA.
VIRGINIA HAS NOT SCORED AN OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN IN A GAME AND A HALF. DAN ELLIS WENT DOWN WITH A HAMSTRING PULL and GEORGE WELSH HAD TO GO WITH A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN. IS THERE ANY BITTERNESS TOWARDS UVA AND WAS IT A MISTAKE TO LET YOU GO.
YOU PROVED YOUR METAL LAST YEAR AGAINST GEORGIA TECH AND THIS YEAR YOU HAVE ALREADY SET THE WESTERN CAROLINA SINGLE GAME PASSING RECORD. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH WHERE YOU ARE AND HOW WILL YOU BEAT VMI TOMORROW.
THE CATAMOUNTS AND THE KEYDETS KICK IT OFF IN LEXINGTON AT ONE O'CLOCK, ROY, LETS GO BACK TO YOU WITH THE REST OF THE COLLEGE SCHEDULE.))

[S-College]

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Washington and Lee hits the road for an ODAC game at Bridgewater. Bridgewater is 2 and 1 in the conference and The Generals are 2 and 2.
Kickoff is 1 oclock.
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At Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Liberty will host Samford. They'll kick it off at 1:30.
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Ferrum hits the road for another conference game at Guilford. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 oclock.

[S-Fight]

If football does not give you enough hitting then check out ultimate fighting tomorrow night at 7:30 at the Lynchburg Armory.
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The featured attraction will be Dan "the beast" Severn. The first degree black belt and Arizona State University professor is ranked 6th in the world. He has both fighting and pro wrestling belts. What can fans expect?
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[OUT Q=.....lot of action]
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